Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
VERGENNES

II. II. Burge, who has been quite i'll,
is much better.
j. G.. Fisher is in feeble condition,
and his final recovery by no means as
sured.
Orrin Allen has sold his span of Black
Hawk breeding mares to B. T. Field of
Ferrisburgh.
W. A. Mead of Pittsford will have
charge of &. f. O. kimball's farm the
coming year.
Mr. Colson of the American House
has lost fifteen-months-old infant from
Group. The remains were taken to West
Salisbury for burial.
W. II. Dalrymple has taken possession
of his new store in the Sherman block.
1t has been nicely fitted up and gives am
pie room for his stock.
The towering snow banks are gradu-
ally sinking before the winds and rain of
April. But there is enough left, yet, to
organize fair winter supply.
Ezra Knowles of Monkton has been
sick for two weeks, and has been under
the doctors care for one week. He is
regarded as in dangerous condition.
The dwelling house adjoining the steam
saw mill of Howard Peck & Daniels, at
Grand View mountain, Addison, was
burned to the ground Saturday night.
The fire caught from the steam mill.
The somewhat noted Saunders family
has left town. 1t was the Saunders boy
who was the unlucky holder of the gun
whose premature discharge killed the
Iattaw boy. it will be rememembered.
j. w. Thompson is much pleased with
the change from the basement of the
Sherman block to the store vacated by
Mr.. Dalrymple. He will add stock of
crockery and five and ten-cent counter
to his previous business.
\ telegram, Saturday, from Watertown
market, Boston, to G.. II. Sprigg & Co.,
instructed them not to send cows Mon
day, as that market was quarantined. a
lot of cattle ready for shipment by Thos.
Noonan were held back in consequence
At St. Paul's church, holy week, ser
vices have been: Holy communion ev-
cry morning at I, except Good Friday
and evening prayers every afternoon al
A; Good Friday, litanv at I a. m, exer.
else for children at a. M, mathis 10 &c
a. M, and 3-hours services from II til
3 p. IN.
B. I. Field of Ferrisburgh has a mare
"Clover Fed" sired by belong:
Ethan Allen; is dam of Belle Shackett
registered 2 ~ IL. and of Tom Shackett
whose trial time, when green, was 80
They are full brother and sister, sired by
Abram. Glover Fed is in foal by Rival
sired by Old Smuggler.
Rev. l.. II. Elliott, secretary of tn,
Vermont Bible society, preached Sunday
from the Congregational pulpit, Rev. Mr.
Robertson being absent. He read cal
for an ecclesiastical council to be held a
New Haven, April Is. to consider til,
matter Of the dissolution of the pastora
relation between the Congregations
church at New Haven and Rev. C.. s. Sar
&. F. O. Kimball owns choice breed
ing mare, "ROse Ethan" sired by Wood
burn Pilot, Jr., he by old WOODBURY. Pi
,, lot. Her dam, the Champion mare, is b,
IIolabird's Ethan Allen. Rose Ethan i
coming four years old, is blood bay an
good style and weighs 1850 lbs. She ha
a slashing gait and is in foal to Harvest
er. Mr.. kimball owns another fine mar
coming two years, by Burgo, he by Wa
kill Chief. Her dam is the same as tina
of Rose Ethan. She is dark bay, well u
on legs, fine style and movement an
when old enough will probably be bre
to some first-class horse.
The trustees of the State Reform schoo
paid it visit last week. The full boarC
Messrs. Start, North and Fisk, were /
attendance, with Gov. Ormsbee. A pull
lie examination of the school took plac
: Friday evening. Gov. Ormsbee an
= Trustees Start and North were obliged t
= take the train, leaving Trustee Fisk, VIII
was present. The exercises consisted {
reading, spelling, arithmetic, geography
phonetic chart work, civil government
physiology and grammar. There wei
n Rotations by boys and girls, vocal INT
v sic by the school and instrumental mus
IL by the school band The exercises +,
Elected credit on teachers and school. \
e excellent feature was the general co
Il rectness and uniform promptitude of IL